🌳 Happy #WorldLemurDay! Lemurs live only in Madagascar & all species are endangered. They help forests grow but face habitat loss, hunting & the pet trade. 💚 Support conservation + the Captive Primate Safety Act: lemurconservationnetwork.org #LemurLove

🌳 Keep me in the canopy! 🌳 It’s #InternationalGibbonDay! Gibbons are endangered acrobats of the forest who sing every morning 🎶 Support the Captive Primate Safety Act to help end the primate pet trade. #InternationalGibbonDay #PrimatesAreNotPets

🦉💡 ¡Llamado a todos los investigadores de primates! ¡El Grant de Investigación Brumback sobre Aotus ya está abierto para postulaciones! Hasta $4,500 USD para financiar proyectos de conservación in situ enfocados en los monos nocturnos (Aotus spp.). ⬇️

🦉💡 Calling all primate researchers! The Brumback Aotus Research Grant is open for applications! Up to $4,500 to fund in-situ conservation projects focused on night monkeys (Aotus spp.). ASP members & international collaborators encouraged to apply. 📩 Apply now: asp.org/grants-and-a...

“I went to that conference as a scientist. I left four days later as an activist.” 🧵⬇️

The American Society of Primatologists and its members mourn the passing yesterday of Dr. Jane Goodall. Dr. Goodall was an outstanding scientist and educator, who inspired generations of global citizens to value and protect our natural world. ⬇️

🔊 URGENT: Blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis) on Idjwi Island, DRC, face local extinction due to deforestation & hunting. VAM ASBL seeks researchers & universities for partnership. Join us in protecting biodiversity through reforestation, education & community action. 📩 More below⬇️

See you in June! ASP is heading to the East Coast in 2026 ❤️ Stay tuned for registration, abstracts, symposia and roundtables deadlines.

ASP 2025 is less than a week away! Will you be joining us? 🦍 Read the comments below for more information! ⬇️

We hope to see you at ASP 2025 in Chicago! 🐒 if you are attending in person and are looking to share a room at the conference hotel, please post your information and request on the ASP Members Facebook page! #ASPChicago2025

The ASP Conservation Committee is hosting a roundtable discussion at the annual meeting to discuss the Captive Primate Safety Act, H.R. 3199 (more information in comments ⬇️)

🐵 New Hot Topic in Primate Welfare 🐵 For this quarter, ASP is featuring the use of Artificial Intelligence for research and enrichment across settings and species. Read our interview with three primatologists here: asp.org/2025/08/13/a...

📣 Grant Deadline approaching! Applications for the ASP Melinda Novak Primate Welfare Grant is August 15, 2025. Funding will be awarded to innovative and impactful research projects designed to improve the lives of nonhuman primates in any setting (captive, semi-free ranging, and wild). Info ⬇️🧵

📢 The deadline to apply for the ASP Student Competition has been extended to 11:59 PM (EST) on August 15, 2025! (More information in comments!)

Spanish version: Sé la voz de quienes no tienen una. 🎬 Esto no es solo un video — es un llamado al cambio. ✔️ Comparte este video con tu red. ✔️ Llama a tus representantes. Pídeles que apoyen y voten a favor de la H.R. 3199. ✔️ Inicia la conversación. 🎥: Carla Rojas

Be the voice for those who don’t have one. 🎬 This isn’t just a video — it’s a call for change. ✔️ Share this video with your network. ✔️ Call your representatives. Tell them to support and vote yes on H.R. 3199. ✔️ Start the conversation. 🎥: Carla Rojas

The ASP 2025 pre-conference workshop, hosted by the ASP Primate Care Committee, is on the topic of primate welfare assessment. This is an 8hour workshop to be held on September 16th 2025 from 1-5pm and September 17th from 8am-12pm at the conference venue, the Renaissance Chicago North Shore Hotel.

🦧✨ End the pet primate trade — support the Captive Primate Safety Act! (More information in comments ⬇️) 🛑🦧 #CaptivePrimateSafetyAct #PrimatesNotPets #WildlifeProtection #Conservation #ASPVoice #Primatology

The program for our 2025 annual meeting in Chicago from September 17-20 is now live! asp.org/asp-meetings...

Apply for the 2025 ASP Trainee Presentation Competition! Winners receive a certificate, cash prize, and a one-year FREE membership to ASP with electronic access to AJP. Deadline: 11:59PM (EST) August 1, 2025. (More information below!)

Join us and @aibsbiology.bsky.social for the 2025 #Biological #Sciences Congressional District Visits event. Participation is free. Registration is required and will close on July 14, 2025. #AIBS #BSCDV #SciPol io.aibs.org/cdv

ASP members receive a discount when you register for the AIBS Writing for Impact and Influence online professional development course. Improve your skills & career opportunities. Learn more @ io.aibs.org/writing #[email protected]

This week's student spotlight is Sedona Epstein, a graduate student at Oregon University, studying conflict intervention and mitigation strategies within social networks in bonobos with Dr. Frances White. #Futurefriday #FollowFriday

Welcome to the Bluesky account of the American Society of Primatologists. ASP is a scientific organization promoting discovery and exchange of all things about primates. Follow along for the latest research and news of our society 🐒🦍🦧